This book represents the first comprehensive overview of the
US-Iraqi relationship since 1979 and the first attempt to place the
2003 American invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq in that
wider historical context. Using a modified version of World Systems
Theory, the book places American policy toward Iraq at the centre
of a number of dynamics, including America's dominant role in
managing the world capitalist system, the fundamental importance of
Persian Gulf oil to that system, and long-term change in the
American political system. It argues that American policy towards
Iraq since 1979 has been shaped above all by the importance of
Persian Gulf oil to the world economy and the consequent need to
restore America's position as regional hegemon and guarantor of the
global oil supply, which had been destabilized by the Iranian
revolution. It also emphasizes the role of American domestic
politics and above all the 'conservative ascendancy' which brought
George W. Bush to the presidency, as a critical factor in
explaining the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Key Features *Provides a
comprehensive analysis of US-Iraqi relations from 1979
*Demonstrates that the second Iraq War is a result of a longer
historical process and not just the product of 9/11 and the War on
Terror *Deepens understanding of the underlying factors of US
policy towards the Persian Gulf, and its oil *Uses World Systems
Theory to analyse US foreign policy
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